U Blue Commanders

Blue EDH Commanders

247 legal commanders. Pick one and build a deck with AI, or browse the full list below.

Playing Blue in Commander

Blue is the color of answers. Counterspells, card draw, bounce effects, clones, and theft — blue controls the game by having more options than everyone else at the table. In Commander, where the multiplayer dynamic makes raw card advantage even more powerful, blue is arguably the strongest single color.

Mono-blue strategies range from hard control (counter everything important, win with a single threat) to tempo (cheap creatures backed by interaction) to combo (assemble infinite loops using blue's deep card selection). Commanders like Urza and Talrand turn your interaction spells into win conditions. Blue also has the best access to extra turns, which can close games out of nowhere.

The trade-off is that blue struggles to deal with permanents that resolve. It can counter anything on the stack, but once something hits the battlefield, blue's answers are mostly bounce effects — temporary solutions. This means mono-blue pilots need to be disciplined about when to spend their counterspells and when to hold them. Get that balance right and you'll be the player everyone watches nervously when they cast a spell.

All Blue Commanders

247 total

Art by Christopher Moeller

Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor

Legendary Creature — Octopus Noble

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Blue EDH Commanders

Playing Blue in Commander

All Blue Commanders

Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor

Adric, Mathematical Genius

Akal Pakal, First Among Equals

Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Alexi, Zephyr Mage

Alhammarret, High Arbiter

Alirios, Enraptured

Alora, Merry Thief

Alphinaud Leveilleur

Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven

Ambassador Laquatus

April O'Neil, Hacktivist

April O'Neil, Human Element

April O'Neil, Live on the Scene

April, Reporter of the Weird

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Arcum Dagsson

Atemsis, All-Seeing

Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Barrin, Master Wizard

Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

Baxter, Fly in the Ointment

Beetle, Legacy Criminal

Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler

Blind Seer

Braids, Conjurer Adept

Brinelin, the Moon Kraken

Bruvac the Grandiloquent

Caelorna, Coral Tyrant

Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea

Callow Jushi // Jaraku the Interloper

Chameleon, Master of Disguise

Charix, the Raging Isle

Chisei, Heart of Oceans

Cloudhoof Kirin

Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel

Curie, Emergent Intelligence

Cynette, Jelly Drover

Danny Pink

Deekah, Fractal Theorist

Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist

Donal, Herald of Wings

Donatello, Gadget Master

Donatello, Mutant Mechanic

Donatello, Rad Scientist

Donatello, Turtle Techie

Donatello, Way with Machines

Donatello, the Brains

Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo

Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam

Edgar, King of Figaro

Eligeth, Crossroads Augur

Elrond, Lord of Rivendell

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Emperor Mihail II

Empress Galina

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Errant, Street Artist

Ertai, Wizard Adept

Esior, Wardwing Familiar

Evie Frye

Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Fblthp, the Lost

Gadwick, the Wizened

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Geralf, Visionary Stitcher

Geralf, the Fleshwright

Ghost of Ramirez DePietro

Glacian, Powerstone Engineer

Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom

God-Eternal Kefnet

Gogo, Master of Mimicry

Goldberry, River-Daughter

Gran-Gran

Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar